Soundproof cabin for aircraft



Oct. 12, 1937. P. R. BASSETT ET AL 2,095,626

SOUNDPROOF CABIN FOR AIRCRAFT Filed April 20, 1953 STEPHEN J. 29MB 5 I Y M iHEIK AZT RNEY.

Patented Oct. 12, 1937 2,095,626

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SOUNDPROOF CABIN FOR AIRCRAFT Preston R. Bassett, Rockville Centre, and Stephen J. Zand, Forest Hills, N. Y., assignors to Sperry Gyroscope Company, 1110., Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 20, 1933, Serial No. 666,940

5 Claims. (01. 20-4) This invention relates to means for lessening is also provided with outwardly extending ears the noise and vibration in the cabins of aircraft, i I which support the cross beams 8 and between especially of the passenger carrying type. In airthe same we place a similar layer of felt III. By craft now in use, the noise level is so high and the I this means the vibration of the framework of the 5 vibration so marked as to cause actual discomfort cabin is not transmitted to the interior walls 5 to the passengers and virtually prevent ordinary thereof. conversation. This invention is directed to a On the floor, instead of employing ordinary sound absorbing construction for the walls and flooring, we use a lighter floor material having fixtures of the cabin so as to prevent the greater sound absorbing qualities. Said flooring is prefer- 10 portion of the exterior noise from entering the ably of the form shown in section in Fig. 6, and 10 cabin and to prevent the engine vibrations from consists of a very thin sheet of aluminum II inbeing transmitted to the interior walls of the timately united with a thin, light board I to the cabin. back of which is united a thin perforated alumi- Referring to the drawing illustrating the prenum sheet I5 which serves to hold one or more ferred form of the invention, sheets of felt it and IT to the composition floor- 15 Fig. 1 is a vertical section through an aircraft ing. By this means an extremely light, yet stiff, cabin constructed according to our invention. flooring is obtained which, at the same time, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of one of the walls possesses remarkable sound absorbing properties. on a larger scale than Fig. 1. We have also found that further sound may be Fig. 3 is a detail of the method of supporting the absorbed within the cabin by making the interior 20 floor or cross beams from the structural framefixtures of sound absorbing material. Thus we work' to avoid vibration. have shown the baggage racks H as made up of Fig. 4 is a bottom view of a portion of one of the usual coarse netting or cord mesh II but sethe baggage holders constructed for maximum cured thereto is soft wool-like material I! having sound absorption. a broken or undulating under surface designed 25 Fig. 5 is an end view of the same. to break up and absorb the sound waves. Sound Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the preferred comis also prevented from coming up through the position flooring. floor of the craft by having the baggage com- I'he framework of airplane cabins is usually partment under the same in which the soft bag- 80 formed of hollow tubing i to the exterior of gage and mail bags are stored. to

which stringers 2 are secured for supporting the In accordance with the provisions of the patdoped fabric covering 3. Instead of securing the ent statutes, we have herein described the prininterior trim directly to such structure as is usualciple and operation of our invention, together with ly done, we interpose one or more layers of sound the apparatus which we now consider to represent 85 absorbing material. As shown, we first interthe best embodiment thereof, but we desire to pose a layer 4 of corrugated, soft material, such have it understood that the apparatus shown is as seepack, resembling corrugated blotting paper, only illustrative and that the invention can be which more or less fills the space between the carried out by other means. Also, while it is deouter coverings and the inner wooden framework signed to use the various features and elements 40 or wall 5 which is preferably made of light, soft in the combination and relations described, some 40 wood and to which layer 4 may be secured. On the of these may be altered and others omitted withinterior surface of said wood we secure another out interfering with the more general results outthickness of sound absorbing material i in sheet lined, and the invention extends to such use. or blanket form, such as Insulite or Celotex, and Having described our invention, what we claim to the inner surface of this material we secure the and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: final cloth or other trim coating 1. 1. In a soundproof cabin for aircraft having We also provide a non-sound transmitting mean outer wall and a substantially rigid and imdium between the points where the tubular frameperforate inner wall, a corrugated pliable sound work I supports the cross beams I of the walls and absorbing material extending between the inner floors to prevent frame vibrations from being and outer walls thereof and carried by said inner 50 transmitted to the cabin walls. To this end we wall, the successive corrugations of said sound have shown sheet metal U-shaped clamps 9 adaptabsorbing material abutting said inner and outer ed to be placed around the tubes at spaced points walls alternately, and sound absorbing material with a thick coating of felt ll or similar matewithin the inner wall and attached thereto and rial between the clamp and the tube. Said clamp forming the interior trim.

. 2. In a soundproof cabin for aircraft having an outer wall and a substantially rigid inner wall, corrugated sound absorbing material lying between the inner and outer walls thereof, the successive corrugations of said sound absorbing material abutting said inner and outer walls alternately, spaced brackets for supporting the wall and floor beams from the metal framework of the cabin, sound absorbing material between each bracket and said metal framework and between each bracket and its beam, and soft sound absorbing material secured to the inner surface of the inner wall and forming the interior trim.

3. A sound absorbing floor construction for aircraft cabins comprising the combination with the floor beams, sections of sound absorbing corrugated material extending laterally between said beams, and a flooring material overlying and secured to said beams comprising a thin board, a sheet aluminum top thereon, a perforated aluminum backing on the bottom of said board, and a sheet of felt-like material secured to said perforated aluminum backing.

4. A sound absorbing floor construction for aircraft, including a flooring material adapted to be secured to the floor cross beams comprising a thin board, sections of corrugated sound absorbing material extending between the floor cross beams, a thin sheet of aluminum cemented to the top of said thin board, a perforated aluminum backingsecured to the bottom of said board, and a sheet of felt-like material cemented to the under surface of said aluminum backing.

5. In a soundproof cabin for aircraft having an outer wall structure and an inner wall structure spaced from said outer wall structure, a corrugated sheet of pliable sound absorbing material interposed between said wall structures and disposed so that consecutive corrugations thereof alternately engage the outer and inner wall structures, said inner wall structure being rigid, a blanket-like layer of sound absorbing interior trim material attached to the inner surface of said inner wall, and a thin finishing sheet secured to the inner surface of said blanket-like layer.

PRESTON R. BASSETT. STEPHEN J. ZAND. 

